Tahai Ceremonial Complex

First thing this morning we returned to Hang Rio Hospital, at 10:00hrs, for Lainey to have her wrist checked, once there they take her for an Ultrasound which appears to confirm, my first thoughts anyway, that the heamatoma should be drawn off to reduce the pressure on the nerves affecting the thumb and two adjoining fingers which is causing the numbness and pain This means a small operation under LA which is to be carried out tomorrow morning, we are to be at the Clinic for 08:00hrs, hopefully and depending on how Lainey is feeling we may yet visit the remaining areas tomorrow

From the hospital we went onto the Tahai Ceremonial Complex, Tahai is a site with several Abu’s and Moai close to Hanga Roa, which was restored in 1974 and comprises three principal Ahu, Ko Te Riki (with restored eyes), Tahai and Val Ure. One of the few places on Rapa Nui where the sun sets behind the statues (Moai

From here we called into visit the reproduced village, Hana Te E Vai Hu, here you can walk up to and really get a feel for the way these were built. The chicken houses were really intriguing as indeed where the ‘greenhouses’ where they raise the seedling before planting outRead more